Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework

By Dustin Ward

Today we’re announcing new capabilities in Azure AI Foundry that make it easier for developers to build, observe, and govern multi-agent systems, while helping organizations close the trust gap in AI. As agentic AI adoption accelerates—eight in ten enterprises now use some form of agent-based AI, according to PwC1—the complexity of managing these systems is…

Grok 4 is now available in Azure AI Foundry: Unlock frontier intelligence and business-ready capabilities

By Dustin Ward

Today’s enterprises are entering a new phase of AI adoption—one where trust, flexibility, and production readiness aren’t optional; they’re foundational. Microsoft has collaborated closely with xAI to bring Grok 4, their most advanced model, to Azure AI Foundry—delivering powerful reasoning within a platform designed for business-ready safety and control. Check out the Azure AI Foundry…

Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace.

By Dustin Ward

An image of part of the Microsoft Marketplace digital dashboard.A new breed of industry-leading company is taking shape — Frontier Firms. These organizations blend human ambition with AI-powered technology to reshape how innovation is scaled, work is orchestrated and value is created. They’re accelerating AI transformation to enrich employee experiences, reinvent customer engagement, reshape business…

Agent Factory: Designing the open agentic web stack

By Dustin Ward

This blog is a wrap-up post in a blog series called Agent Factory which shares best practices, design patterns, and tools to help guide you through adopting and building agentic AI. The rise of AI agents—autonomous software entities acting on behalf of users and organizations—marks a transformative moment for enterprise technology. But as we’ve explored throughout this…

Accelerate migration and modernization with agentic AI

By Dustin Ward

Every organization has an innovation agenda. Whether it’s building AI-native applications, creating more engaging customer experiences, or unlocking new efficiencies—ambition is never the problem. But for many teams, it’s their technical debt that stands in the way. Legacy systems, outdated codebases, and fragmented infrastructure slow progress and drain resources. In fact, over 37% of application portfolios require modernization today—and that number will remain high over the…

Agent Factory: Creating a blueprint for safe and secure AI agents

By Dustin Ward

This blog post is the sixth out of a six-part blog series called Agent Factory which shares best practices, design patterns, and tools to help guide you through adopting and building agentic AI. Trust as the next frontier Trust is rapidly becoming the defining challenge for enterprise AI. If observability is about seeing, then security is about…